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Tuesday, 25th January

Good workouts always come from a good night’s sleep, and you can never underestimate their importance.

If you struggle with sleep, then you are going to have to address that before you start getting the very best out of yourself.

Some people are early birds when it  comes to sleep, others can’t go to be before 11 or even midnight. As long as either get a good night’s sleep, then it doesn’t really matter when they go to bed, although going to bed earlier gives you more options when it comes to getting up earlier.

Missing sleep can always increases hormones in your body to increase body fat. Your body very much goes into defensive mode when it comes to lack of rest because it has to protect it’s immune system and not get broken down too much.

If you think of all these SAS survivial programmes, the one thing they say that breaks you down more than anything is lack of sleep, and the people who torture you will often use the method of keeping you awake to make you give in, and to even make you delirious!

Sleeping in the day for even small 10-15 minute periods can be of enormous help when it comes to making up somewhat for lost hours at night for whatever reason!

“Power naps” as most people know them can bring you added power during your evening workouts too. Athletes at all levels, and all sports use this tactic of bringing added freshness into their days and performances, and schedule them in as part of their day.

When you feel rested and fresh, you are usually capable of a lot more and you are sending messages to your body that you expect big performances out of it.

Don’t forget ever that you only improve when you rest and sleep, and not when you train. You break down your muscles and body during training, but when you recover, you heal, your immune system builds again and its only then that your body hits new heights of development.

The perfect formula of training smart, eating well and good rest can never change if you want optimum levels of health and performance.

Twitt
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Tuesday, 17th January

“If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is compromise”.

Robert Fritz, author of The path of least resistance.

Most of you who have achieved something in life will have experienced someone trying to talk you out of it in the first place. I know i certainly have. It’s fantastic to prove people wrong, and i’m sure many of you have done that, and it’s always been a result of keeping your head down and working hard in the end, and deflecting negativity and doubt that others will try to inflict on you along the way.

Not only do people talk you out of doing things that are important to you, they will sometimes call you crazy for even thinking about it!!! This is the point you know that you are onto something really special and others are envious about your upcoming possible big success in life.

There will also be those who laugh at you and will try to bring you down to their level. I don’t have to tell you by now surely that these types of people are exactly the ones you should be IGNORING and whatever they tell you, i would advise the exact opposite!

The greatest danger for most of us is not that we will aim too high in our ambitions and come a cropper, but by far the biggest danger is AIMING TOO LOW and reaching those levels!

It takes guts to have lofty goals, and deep determination to carry out the necessary things to get there. This is why not many people reach where they want to be.

Once you set your goals, however high they may be, start expecting them to happen and start practicing the habits to get there. If you want great health, then you had better be eating as much natural fresh food as possible, as well as sleeping well, and in addition to proper well thought out training of course!

It all starts with belief, without it you will aiming too low and unfortunately likely to get there!

Change course now and shoot high!

Twitt
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Wednesday, 11th January

“None of us can change our yesterdays, but all of us can change our tomorrows”

Colin Powell, Former secretary of State of the US

Most people who never succeed with the health and fitness plans usually dwell too much on their past experiences.

If you go through life with something heavy weighing you down emotionally, you’re always going to struggle to move at the speed you’re really capable of.

If you hang on to the past too much, negativity and doubt will influence all of your future decisions.

Anger, resentment, hurt, fear, regret are all emotions that will tie you up to the past, instead of letting you achieve great things in the future.

Resentment is a particularly destructive one you often see in people.

Here a great quote from Nelson Mandela

“Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies”

If anyone had reason to resent people, surely it was him?!!

2012 is where we are right now and the best time to let go of your past mistakes and unfortunate experiences, and move forward to all the possibilities that a healthy lifestyle offers.

If you drunk too much alcohol in 2011 and past years, then training sensibly and eating well will encourage you to drink less, get your body on track and energy back in your life. You will be improving yourself and others who had to put up with your drinking in the past.

If you smoke too much now, and promise yourself that you will exercise SOME DAY once you give the fags up, then stop making excuses right now!! Exercising and eating well will give you every incentive to give this destructive habit up once and for all.

If you were really overweight in 2011 and years before maybe, use 2012 as the year you’re going to finally do it, and the great news is that im here to help you the whole way!!!

Whatever your situation, leave the past behind, start with a clean slate and lets see how much you can achieve in 2012!!!

Twitt
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Tuesday, 10th January

I always tell people that when they employ me, i can give you all the correct advice but i won’t be able to do their exercises for them!

You have to exercise yourself if you are to get any value out of this programme.

If i give you the programme, its like giving you a map but you still have to drive the car. I can teach you principles but you’re going to have to apply them. If you decide to put the effort in, then the rewards are going to be well worth it!

You have to realise one thing though, good things come to those who have patience.

You will get times and wonder “why all of this isn’t working faster? Why haven’t i reached all my goals in super-quick time? Why aren’t people telling me how good i look already? When am i going to be at my ideal body fat?”!!!

Success takes time, perserverence, effort and patience as i have previously said.

If you go in the diet section, you will begin to eat better and you WILL reach your ideal levels of body fat.

If you go into the training section, you WILL get fitter, healthier and have more endurance than you ever have.

These statements only come true if you apply them and actually do what you say you’re going to do, no secret in that piece of information!!!

Its normal in any endeavour to come up against obstacles, to hit plateaus regularly. This is perfectly normal and anyone who has ever tried out a new sport, played the piano for example or just about anything, know there will be times when you feel as if you have made no progress at all. This is when  most people give up, drop put or just try something else they think will be easier.

The smart people find out that if they just keep practicing, and thats what exercise is, practicing, you will eventually make a big leap in terms of progress and you will become a much more impressive athlete with an abundance of health.

Its only early in the new year, but you have to realise that you’re going to be into some kind of health and fitness programme for the rest of your life. Don’t give up, ever, this is the true secret of success with health, or just about anything else!!!

The principles on here will ALWAYS work, and its time to get started!!

Twitt
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Monday, 9th January

A fresh story out today is the levels of alcohol consumption and what is okay and what is bad for you?

There have been many different guidelines over the last few years, with most of the medical profession recommending around 20 alcohol units a week.

One pint of beer was 2 units along with a glass of wine the same.

Women were advised one to two units a day, men up from two to four units a day.

Now the advice comes out today that people need to STAY OFF alcohol for at least two days a week.

This doesn’t go anywhere near far enough in my book.

We talk about achieving the best physical performance on here every day and unfortunately, alcohol will be the leading factor STOPPING  you get to where you want to be.

When it comes to looking and feeling good, alcohol will trip you up in a big way. The feel good factor is very temporary and usually only lasts for just a couple of hours. Then it can actually depress you.

Alcohol is actually classed as a depressant so I assume you don’t want to feel down and sad, so it doesn’t make sense to drink too much?!

Alcohol will stop you burning body fat to a large degree too the day after you consume it. So not only do you get the excess calories when you initially drink it, you develop a hunger for sugary and fatty foods, which will put weight on.

Then the next day, your ability to burn body fat is cut down by a third. Its hard enough to burn body fat anyway, making the task even harder seems like madness!

There are 120 sleep disorders out there, 80 are linked to alcohol, so anyone who tells you to have a glass of wine to help you have a good sleep is talking rubbish!!

Also, if you abstain most of the week, you will naturally feel better when your system is clean and clear.

Your skin will be better and your vital organs will function properly.

You read this to be healthy and get and stay in good physical condition. Alcohol once a week maximum is advised, that’s not harsh, its just my assessment of working with a lot of people for a lot of years, when results have always mattered!

Time to act now and get some real balance in your life!

Twitt